Feature:
Vegan Buys 100Yr. Old Lobster ‘King Louie’ to Set Him Free
“For a century, a 23-pound, 4-foot-long lobster made the Bay of Fundy in Canada his home. Because of his enormous size, the lobster had little to worry about down there under the sea—except being caught...
The XXL lobster’s luck seemed to run out last month when he was trapped by Rodney MacDonald, a local fisherman & co-owner of the Alma Lobster Shop in New Brunswick.
Named 'King Louie' by MacDonald’s wife, Catherine, the colossal crustacean was given a price tag of $230...
Fortunately, King Louie will not end up on anyone’s dinner plate(s). When Katie Conklin, a vegan from Nova Scotia, heard about him, she shelled out the money to buy him. Not to eat, of course, but to ensure that he would be returned alive & well to his home in the bay.
Rodney MacDonald did something few fishermen have ever done: He put King Louie in a crate, took him on his boat out to the middle of the bay, & released him—but not before saying 'Thank you' to Conklin...'I just hope he carries his genes and lives a happy life for his second chance,' Conklin told ABC News.
King Louie isn’t the only lobster in Canada fortunate enough to be caught & returned to the sea this year...
In October, another giant lobster was caught in Bermuda after Hurricane Nicole. Local fishermen Matthew Jones & Tristan Loescher were surprised to snag a 14-pound crustacean...After bringing the lobster to shore, disentangling him from the fishing line & trying unsuccessfully to contact marine experts, the 2 decided ‘the best thing we could do was get it back in the ocean before it got too weak,’ Jones told the Washington Post...
...Hopefully happy lobster tales like that of King Louie will discourage people from feasting on lobster tails.”
Laura Goldman
Dec. 6/2016
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